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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2014/09/09 03:53
Universal datetime 2014/09/08 17:53
Latitude -5.37 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 146.75 ° ± 4 km
Depth 225 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  455 283733
Lae  153 76255
Mt. Hagen  286 33623
Popondetta  411 28198
Madang  108 27419
Mendi  354 26252
Kimbe  377 18847
Goroka  170 18503
Wewak  399 18230
Daru  567 15214
Kavieng  547 14490
Kundiawa  211 9383
Rabaul  612 8074
Lorengau  374 5806
Kerema  300 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.93
Azimuthal gap 59.57 °
Number of stations used 33
Number of phases used 33

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:54:21.17 -0.6 174.23 4.05 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:56:22.82 -1.22 108.04 13.7 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:56:36.92 1.66 181.82 14.73 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:57:22.32 0.4 218.5 18.9 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:59:11.77 0.52 236.38 30.58 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:59:32.62 0.08 114.67 33 Automatic
IU TATO P 18:00:23.37 0.82 322.12 39.03 Automatic
IU KNTN P 18:00:43.39 -0.74 88.12 41.5 Automatic
IU AFI P 18:00:45.97 0.26 104.92 41.71 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:00:50.87 -0.55 349.86 42.67 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:01:24.52 0.6 337.99 46.77 Automatic
IU MIDW P 18:01:35.97 0.32 43.86 48.2 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:02:07.15 0.76 356.57 52.45 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:02:11.79 0.14 298.49 52.93 Automatic
IU PET P 18:02:55.65 0.9 8.3 59.26 Automatic
IU KIP P 18:03:05.42 1.29 61.62 60.38 Automatic
IU POHA P 18:03:16.87 1.48 64.26 62.05 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:03:24.77 0.39 331.42 63.61 Automatic
IU ADK P 18:03:35.7 0.68 23.91 65.17 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:03:38.37 -0.93 195.09 65.87 Automatic
II TLY P 18:03:52.22 0.82 332.77 67.83 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:03:55.70 -0.52 351.5 68.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:04:45.99 -0.96 320.58 77.16 Automatic
IU TIXI P 18:04:49.41 -0.85 354.32 77.89 Automatic
II NIL P 18:04:59.2 -0.76 305.72 79.41 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:04:59.52 -0.36 28.2 79.58 Automatic
II KURK P 18:05:04.77 -1.09 323.45 80.65 Automatic
II AAK P 18:05:06.47 -0.47 314.79 80.8 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:05:24.92 -1.2 180 84.56 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:05:24.77 -1.9 22.81 84.76 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:05:32.97 -1.44 324.16 86.26 Automatic
II ABPO P 18:06:27.27 1.13 250.02 97.19 Automatic
II PFO P 18:06:33.32 1.34 56.76 98.62 Automatic